ae
adjective
one.
ae
1 American
[ey]
/ eɪ /
adjective
Scot.
ae
2
American
Or
æ
AE
3
American
Æ
4
American
Or
AE,
ae-
5
American
ae.
6
American
abbreviation
a.e.
7
American
abbreviation
A.E.
8
American
A.E.
1
British
noun
ae
2
British
/ e /
determiner
ae.
3
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of ae1
Middle English ( Scots ) ā-, Old English ān one; cf. a 1
Origin of ae.6
From the Latin word aetātis
Example Sentences
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The Angels ae 46-59 since Nevin took over as manager.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
"We ae proud of each and every one of them," he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2022
New hospitalizations ae also ticking upward, although not as dramatically as the new cases.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 28, 2020
Is that an ah or an ae, a ch or a k?
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 4, 2019
A great Number of People pass over the Stage, as going to the Ridotto, among whom appears the Marquiss ae Fresco, perform'd by the little Harlequin Dog.
From The Harlot's Progress, The Rake's Progress (MS., CA. 1778-1780) by Anonymous
Mr. Berg is a research director and Mr. Rosenblatt is CEO of AE Studio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
“A home often represents decades of memories, but also deferred maintenance and missed opportunities to maximize value,” said Mike Casey, a certified financial planner with AE Advisors.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 20, 2025
What AE framed as playful wordplay struck a nerve with critics, who argued it echoed historic eugenics rhetoric, particularly given the ad’s focus on her physical appearance like her blond hair and blue eyes.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2025
AE: When it comes to neon, I think it’s a medium that I’ll continue to work with until I can’t.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025
For it is at the same time on the given line AE and the vertical plane K. Fig.
From The Theory and Practice of Perspective by G. A. (George Adolphus) Storey
They welcomed a son, X Æ A-Xii, in May 2020, and a daughter, Exa Dark Sideræl, in December 2021.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
In 2020, she also teamed up with the mood music company Endel to create an AI-generated lullaby for her first child, named X Æ A-12, with SpaceX founder and Twitter CEO Elon Musk.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2023
Musk, 35, and Grimes, 51, also have a son named X Æ A-12, pronounced “X Ash A Twelve.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
At times, Mr. Musk was spotted with his 2-year-old son, X Æ A-12, at Twitter’s office as he greeted employees.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
Note in particular: The letter Æ æ is alphabetized as ae.
From A Concise Dictionary of Middle English From A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew
As in the same example uy. cutting ae. it shall also cut io.
From The Way To Geometry by William Bedwell
Item, in the second example, let ae. bee greater then io.
From The Way To Geometry by William Bedwell
And let there be cut off from the same ae. by applying of a rular made equall to io. the lesser, portion au. as here.
From The Way To Geometry by William Bedwell
For let the right lines ae. and ai, cut one another at a, and let two parallell lines uo, and ei, cut them; I say, as au, is to uo, so ae, is to ei.
From The Way To Geometry by William Bedwell
Wherefore seeing the parts au. and ue. are equall, ae. the assigned right line is divided into two equall portions.
From The Way To Geometry by William Bedwell
Also among Mr. Stoppard’s most indelible achievements was “The Invention of Love,” his elegiac and beautifully compassionate play about the poet A.E.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
In the hall hang framed letters Stoppard has collected, including one from A.E.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
Prudence is joined this week by novelist A.E.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2020
If the Legislature is in session, the House would need a simple majority to vote to impeach Fairfax, said A.E.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 11, 2019
His disciples had told me the night before that "A.E." had helped them much in the National Dramatic Company, painting scenery for them, designing costumes, and aiding in a hundred other ways.
From Irish Plays and Playwrights by Cornelius Weygandt
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